INDEX. 
647 
Page 
Parties, two.. ..-. 3-4 
organization of... 76-77,188 
Passes, Rocky Mountains. 96-191 
Pelahat valley .......... 536 
Peluse river ._. 216 
Indians.... 150-255 
Pend d'Oreille, Indians...148,257, 415, 441 
lake.169,173,258,292 
missions. 291,528 
Piegan Blackfeet .....442-443, 445-446 
Stanley’s report of visit to camp of. 447-449 
Pike lake ..... 78,222,486 
Pisko river . 478 
Pisquouse Indians. .........-.. ...... 412 
river, geology. 481 
Platte river, delta and bluffs.... 236-237 
Pomme de Terre river . 222,487 
Port Townsend . 429-430 
Prairies, character of. 160,162 
fires on. 166, 173 
Puget sound, its character, resources, commercial relations, and Asiatic trade....113-116,468-470 
Puyallup river. .. 192,470 
Q- 
Quinaitl river . 468 
R. 
Rabbit river . 487 
Railroad route .. 81-88 
materials for road. 89-95 
plan and cost of. 141-145 
those now built westward. 157-158 
Rain, distribution of..... 128-140, 569 
(See Meteorology, leports, &,c.) 
Reconnaissance, character of. 2 
Red Butte valley ............ 329 
Red river of the North . 81 
navigation of. 83 
trail to be followed.. 77 
climate.. 401 
Red River Half-breeds .. 143 
Regulations in camp. 51-52 
for train. 4H-49 
Results accomplished. 30-31 
Resume of route .. 121-125 
Rice, Hon. H. M., on winter climate, Mississippi river to Rocky mountains. 130,400-401 , 
River of the Lakes .. 91 
Rivers of the region explored. 89-95 
Rividre d Jacques, (see James river) . 87 
Roads . 142-143,154 
estimated work on one from Fort Benton to Wallah-Wallah. 363-364 
Roberts, Capt. Joseph, U. S. A. 450 
Rocky mountains . . 74 81 
passes.81,97-101,167 
region described. 102-106 
timber on. 102 
rocks. 103 
arable lands. 103 
climate. 103-105 
lidge. 121 
Lambert on character of eastern slope. 167 
ridge. 167-168 
